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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY VANDERVELD, F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

BRUSH-MAKING MACHINE.

Application filed January 13, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANTHONY VANDER- vnLn, acitizen of the United States, residing at. Grand Rapids, in the countyof Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Brush- Making Machines, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in brush making machines, and itsobject is to provide improved means for holding and adjusting the brushblank; to provide improved means for drilling the same; to provideimproved means for arranging the bristles in place in the holes made bythe drill; to provide improved means for holding the bristles in place,together with means for making said holding means; to provide improvedmeans for inserting the holding means in place, and to provide thedevice with various new and useful features, hereinafter more fullydescribed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device whichembodies my invention; F ig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3is a plan view, parts being broken away to more clearly disclose theconstruction; Fig. t is a vertical section showing a detail of theadjustable table mechanism; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the platen showingthe upper side of the same. F'g. 6 is an inverted plan view of theplaten. Fig. 7 shows the blower and operating mechanism therefor, drawnon an enlarged scale, Fig. 8 shows the upper portion of the machine infront elevation corresponding to Fig. 1, drawn to an enlarged scale.Fig. 9 is a plan view of a part of'the mechanism shown in Fig. 8. Fig.10 is a front elevation of the staple forming and transferringmechanism, the staple guide and driver, anda sectional view of a portionof abrush; Fig. 11 is a view similar to Fig. 10 with the parts indifferent posia section on line tion; Fig. 12 is a view in elevation ofthe guide. Fig. 13 is an enlarged section of the guide and driver takenon the line 13-13, Fig. 10. Fig. 14 is a similar view on the line 14-14,Fig. 10. Fig. 15 is 15-45, Fig. 11. Figs. 16 and 17 are similar viewstaken on lines 1(i-16, and 17-17, respectively, Fig. 11. Fig. 18 is anenlarged plan view of the dies. Fig. 19 is an enlarged vertical sectionas taken on line 19-19, Fig. 11. Fig. 20 is Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Apr. 8,1913.

Serial No. 741,834.

an enlarged plan view of one of the fasteners before driving the same.Fig. 21 is an enlarged sectional detail showing the arrangement of thefasteners and brlstles in a brush after the fastener has been driven.Fig. 22 is a vertical sectional detail of the bristle beds and bristlefeeding mechanism. Fig. 23 is a similar viewwith the feed wheel in adifferent position. Fig. 24 is a sectional view of the bristle bed astaken transversely of Fig. 22. Fig. 25 is a detail in horizontal sectionof the bristle bed and feeding mechanism. Figs. 26 and 27 are front andside views of the cam and upper end of the rod which operate the bristlefeed. Figs. 28 and 29 are corresponding views of the lower end of therod that operates the bristle feed, and of the parts co-actingtherewith. Fig. 30 is a detail of construction in elevation of the drilloperating mechanism. Figs. 31 and 32 are front and partial plan views,respectively, of the mechanism shown in Fig. 30. Fig. 33 is a detail invertical section of a portion of the structure shown in Figs. 31 and 32.Figs. 34 and 35 are views of the universal joint connecting rod 56 andlever 14. Fig. 3G is a detail in vertical section of a portion of thewire feeding mechanism. Fig. 37 is a front elevation of the bristle feedwheel and the parts co-acting therewith.

Throughout the several views, like reference numerals refer to likeparts.

The driving shaft 1 of the machine carries a driving pulley 2 looselythereon which is engaged by the same to the driving shaft upon operationof a bell crank 3 connected by suitable mechanism to treadle 3", wherebythe machine will operate as long as the treadle is depressed but willstop when it is released. A counter shaft 4 at right angles to drivingshaft 1 is connected to and operated by the driving shaft by means ofmiter gears 5. number of cams are located on the driving shaft, cam 6operating the drill armin a vertical plane, cam 7 operating the stapledriver, andcam 8 the staple guide. ,Cams 9, 10 and 11 located on thecountershaft 4 operate respectively, the drill lever laterally, thebristle feed mechanism, and the fastener forming and placing mechanism.

The brush blank is adjusted and held in the following manner. The bedplate 24 has a central stud or proj upper surface. Any convenient numberof platens 26 are provided according to the the driving clutch 3 toconnect.

ection 25 in lts at the top,

able in the frame 46 and erated by gears 62' driven different styles andsizes of brushes to be made on the machine, one only being shown in thedrawings, and each platen is provided with an end and a side rib 27 onits upper surface against which the brush blank 126 is securely held bya cam clamp 28. site the blank, the platen is provided 011 the .underside with a plurality of recesses 29 each adapted to receive the pin 25,said recesses being directly beneath the places in the brush blank wherethe dilferent tufts of bristles are to be inserted. Semi-circularbrackets 30 support the bed and have segmental tongue and grooveengagement with the head 31, the axis of the same being above the planeof the bed and held in adjustment thereon by a bolt 32, which firmlyclamps the head between the brackets and thus provides a rigid andsubstantial support for the bed. This head is mounted on a downwardlyprojecting stem- 41 vertically movable in a socket 34'and having aT-head 33 this socket being vertically movheld firmly from rotation by aspline 34, which frame is vertically adjustable in ways 47 by means of ascrew 48, operated by a shaft 49, connected thereto by gears 50, andmanually rotated by a wheel 51 to raise and lower the frame,

thereby providing for brush blanks of varying thickness, and allowing ablank to be quickly and easily placed in position. I

Socket 34 is yieldingly supported upon a spring 44 which is adjustablefor tension by a screw 45, and to limit the upward movement of thesocket, it is provided with a headed stud 42 vertically movable in a cap43 fixed on the frame and against which cap the head of the stud isforced by the spring. To tilt the table 24 step by step as occasion mayrequire, segmental su orts 35 are pivoted at one end to the T- liead 33,and

adjust-ably supported at the other end by a bolt 38. These segments areeach provided with a series of recesses in its upper side, ends of thebeds by followers 76, which are and arms 36 on the brackets 30 areprovided with rollers 37 which engage these recessesstep by step andsupport the table 24 at different angles. To revent the head 31 fromrotating in the soc et 34, an arm 39 is provided having a downwardlyprojecting pin 40 slidable in an opening in the head 33.

A rotating drill 52 is carried on the outer end of an arm 53. This arm53 is mounted on a universal joint bein vertical axis near the mid leupon a support 54 which in turn is pivoted on a horizontal axis 55. Thedrill is driven by a belt 59 running around idlers 60 and 61, thenceupward to a driving pulley 62 opfrom the counter shaft 4 in anyconvenient manner (not shown).

To move the drill to operative position while boring the blank, and thenmove it pivoted on a out of the way while the other mechanism isinserting and securing the bristles, the arm 53 is held in operativeposit-ion by a spring 58 and operated about its vertical axis by a pushpin 57 which engages the arm 53 at one end and at the other end isengaged by a pivoted lever 15 having a roller 15 that is engaged by cam9, whereby the arm is alternately allowed to move to operative position,and swung horizontally on its vertical pivot away from operativeposition.

To feed the drill vertically into the blank and to remove the same afterdrilling a hole therein, the arm is swung upon the horizontal axis 55.In the position indicated in full lines in Fig. 30, the drill may drillthe hole in the blank, and the dotted line position indicates theposition taken when the drill is removed from the work. The verticalmovement of the arm 53 is accomplished by a lever 14 having a roller 14that engages a groove in cam 6, said lever being connected to the innerend of the arm 53 by a rod 56, which rod is connected by a universaljoint 63 to the lever 14 thus permitting the horizontal movement of arm53 about its vertical pivot as well as the vertical movement abouthorizontal pivot 55.

I prefer to provide for placing two grades of bristles for whichpurpose, I have shown two superposed bristle beds or ways 20 and 20*,pivoted upon brackets 21, to alternately shift to opposite the feedwheel at the discharge end of the bristle beds. These beds are providedwith ribs 75 enabling the bristles to slide easily toward the feed wheeland to properly enter the slot therein, as hereafter described, and ateach end of the bristles are parallel plates-74 adjustable toward andfrom each other to conform to the various lengths of bristles asoccasion may require in making different brushes, and properly adjustthem in the wheel and guide. The bristles are forced toward thedischarge placed behind the bristles and which are oplowers by the cords77, the cords being extended over and guided by pulleys 78 as shown.Opposite the discharge end of the beds is a feed wheel 70 having aradial slot 72 in its periphery to receive the bristles,

the quantity received being determined bv anadjustable stop 73 intheslot. Wheel 70 ismounted on a shaft 64 and is rotated a i half arevolution and back again at each cycle of the machine by means of alongitudinally movable rod 16 having a link 16 surrounding the countershaft 4 and vertically movable thereon. This rod is moved by rollers 17thereon engaging the cam 10.

-The lower end of this rod is provided with a rack 65 which engages apinion 65 loose on the shaft 64. Fixed on this pinion are arms erated byweights 79 connected to the fol fill 66 and 66' spaced apart and inone"of,whicli is an adjustable screw 67." An arm"68 is fixed on theshaft 64 and extends between the arms 66 and 06'; By this connection therotary movement of the wheel 70 maybe exactly adjusted'by adjusting theclearance between the screw 07 and the arm 06 which screw and armalternately engage tie arm 68 and rotate the shaft 6-1 in oppositedirections as the rack is reciprocated by the cam 10.

To retain the bristles in the slot 72 as the wheel rotates, a' hood isprovided above the wheel, and to shift the bristle bed with either theupper or lower portion 0 ositc the feed whee a manually operated sufting lever 28 is provided and connected to the bet by a rod 22,pivoted to the bed at one end and eccentrically ivoted to the lever 23at the other end, wiereby turning the lever half a revolution, raises orlowers the bed. The hood 80 prevents the escape of the bristies from theupper bed when the lower bed is feeding, and when the up er bed isfeeding, the bristles are held in tto lower bed by steps 71 attached toan arm 09, which arm is also provided with a bearin 69' for the shaft 0To receive the tuft o bristles thus formed in the slot of the feedwheel, a staple guide 81 is provided having a lateral opening adjacent t0 wheel 70 and a pro'ecting incline 82 beneath said opening antiextending alongsidethe wheel to remove the bristles from the slottherein and guide the same intoa transverse openin 83 in the guide. Thisguide'is also provu ed with'an upwardly extended opening 84 to receivethe fastener or staple as hereafter described,- and also with adischarge openin 112 at the lower end through which the ristles aredriven in the'operation of setting the same. This guide periodicallymoves up and down bcin lowered in contact with the brush blan c duringthe operation of inserting the tuft therein, and vertically moved topermit the blank to be shifted and to receive the tuft and fastener andto permit the drill to operate, b means of the lever 12, provided with arot or traversing a groove in the cum 8, and having a slide 110' at itsopposite end engaging a way 110 attached to the staple guide 81. In thisguide is a staple driver 113 attached to a side 114 independentlymovable in the guide 81, and provided wit 1 a pin'llti having a blockthereon slidahle in a slot in the lever 13, which lever is operated bythe cum 7 having a cam groove to receive the roller 13 onthelever.

The fasteners for holding the bristles in place are formed from a.continuous strip of metal or flat wire 80 fedforward by means of thefeed rollers 87 oppositely-oligagln the name, one of which railers nmoantot on a lever 09 and pressed toward the other by a spring 08. Aratchet wheel 88 is connected to one of the rollers and engaged by apawl 89 mounted on an arm 90, noted on the shaft carrying the roller,and lilvlng on its'movable end a roller 91 which is engaged by the cam11 whereby the lever is per:- odieall moved and shifts the ratchet wheeland r0 lers feeding the strip 08 forward a suillcient distance to supplymaterial for one of the fasteners. One of these fasteners is shown at127 in Fig. 20, somewhat enlarged, and it consists of a short piece ofthis metallic stri with a semi-circular recess 127 in the mid dle of oneside and acute angular spurs '127" and 127" at its respective ends,formin a recess at each end. The fastener 127 is armed by means of thedies 98 and 09 having opposing acute angles spaced apart, as shown inFig. 18 in )lan view.

The die 08 has a channel in which the strip 80 slides, and is providedwith a round opening, partially within the channel and midway betweenthe dies to receive a punch 04. The die 00 has a curved channel 123 forthe escape of the waste material cut. from the stock. Co-act-ing withthese dies is a round punch 04 which enters the hole in the die 08 andcuts out the semi-circular recess 19.7. A punch 05 co-acts with bothdies to sever the strip at each end of the fastener and form the s urs127" and 127" at its respective ends. he waste material escapes throughopenings 124 and 125. This punch is preferab y round and also providedwith grooves 05* at. opposite sides to receive the angles of the dies.Above the dies are ctfitps 100 to hold the material from rising o the(lies. Beneath the dies and contacting'the same is a se mental bed plate107 between which and tie concave under surface of the dies is a way 109concentric with the axis of the oscillating arm 101. On this arm is afinger 102, the end of which traverses in the way 109 and into the.staple guide to a point beneath the staple driver 113. In the stapleguide is a continuation 111 of this way to receive the fastener, whichcontinuation when the staple guide is raised, forms a continuation ofthe way lwtween the bed plate 107 and thedie 00. This carved way andcontinuation extends through substantially 00 degrees, whereby thefastener turns from horizontal to vertical position, as it is moved frombeneath the punches into the guide.

Punches 04 aml 05 are carried by a slide 19 which is rcci irocated by alever 18 ]novided with a rolicr 18 at. one end traversing a cam groove11, in the cam 11. At the other end this lcvcr 18 is pivoted to theslide '10, and is mteruualiately mounted on an cccentric pivot. 00adjustable by a lever 07 whereby'the down stroke at the pant-hes (an beaccurately adjusted to carry the fastener downinto the wa 10!).

The rocker 101 is operated by an arm 10a ill) to which is connected arod 104 at the lower end, the upper end of the rodbeing pivoted to themovubleendofiapivoted arm having a roller 106, which rollentraverses thecam groove 11" in the cam 11. A retaining plate 108 spaced apart fromthe bed plate 107 by a spacing plate 110 and having its edge engagingthe dies permits the tlnger 102 to swat; therebetween and retain thefastener in t 1e way 100.

As a means of removin" the borings and other obstructions, if any,ormedby the drill, a blower is provided having the followingconstruction. Air pump 11? isopera'ted by movement of the guide 81.Leading from the pump is a tube 118 the middle portion 118* beingtlexihle to permit the movement of the lower part thereof. This tuheterminales in a curved rigid nozzle 118" which is carried by an arm 120on a rock shaft 11$), tttrnin on a vertical axis. and mounted near theSilt e 81, in which shaft is a spiral groove 121 engaged and traversedby a pm 122 tixed in part 110, whereby as the latter reciprocates, therock shaft is oscillated about its axis, which movement carries thelower end of the nozzle 118 around in contact with the last tuft ofbristles set, as shown in Fig. 11. The air escaping the nozzle blowsaway any borings or obstructions that may be made by operation of thedrill. As the slide 81 rises, the nozzle is swung out of the way topermit adjustment of the blank for setting the next tuft, also to allowthe drill to o erate.

ith the above description in mind, the operation of the machine isreadily understood.

The blank shown in the drawings at 126 is for a tint brush with thebristles positioned vertically therein. In making this form of brush,the bed 24 may be adjusted to horizontal position and verticallyad'usted to conform to the proper thickness of the brush blank, and ailatcn used having recesses 20 corrospont ing to the number and locationof tufts to be-inserttal in the blank. This platen carrvin the blank maythen be placed on tho itttr lllltl manually shifted step by step tosuccessively position the pin 2.". in the various recesses 20 as eachtuft is successively inserted in the blank.

The first operation is to bore a hole as the cams ti and 0 rotate. Cum 0first )0!- mits the arm on to swing with't-he drill above the blank, cum0 then raises the rear of the lever l-l depressing the arm 58 andforcing the drill into the blank the proper depth. Further movement ofcum 0 causes the drill torise and when it is out of the blank,.the mm 0swings the arm carrying the drill horizontally, the drill being thusmoved both vertically and laterally and out of the way of othermechanism. In the meantime cam 10 has depressed the rod 10 which rotatesthe shaft 34 and feed wheel 70 a half revolution from the position shownin ,Fig. 23 to the osition shown in Fig. 22, car ying the brist es whichhave entered the slot 72 over into the staple guide, as indicated at 85in I i 22, the ire ine 82 having removed them fi'om the slot 72 into thestaple guide in proper )osition to be engaged by the fastener as itdescends. Aftet the drill has been moved out. of the way, the stapleguide 81 is moved downward by the cam 8 to a point directly over thehole in the blank and close to the surface of the same. In the meantimethe downward mm ement of the slide 11), operated by the lever 18 and cam11, cuts out the fastener by means of the punches 04 and 05 and the dies08 and 0t),- depositing the fastener in the way 100 beneath thesepunches. The cam 11 now operates through the rod wt to turn the rocker101 carrying the finger 102, which latter engages the fastener andcarries itv along the way 100 and through the extension 111 of the samein the staple aide, depositing it therein directly above t to tuft ofbristles, as indicated in-Fig. 10. As the tinger 102 moves back out ofthe way, the driver 113 is now moved downward by the cum 7 and lever 13,which driver engages the fastener and carries it together with the tuftof bristles folded over the same down to place in the hole in the blankas indicated in Fig. 21. The driver enga es the upper end of thefastener between tie spurs 127", and the tuft of bristles is folded overthe lower end of the fastener between the spurs 127". As the fastenerstrikes the bottom of the hole in the blank, the recess 127 permits thefastener to yield and fold laterally, which forces two of the smrsopposite the recess against one side of the opening or hole, and themiddle of the edge opposite. the recess against the other side of thesame, securely anchorin the fastener and tuft in place within the liolo,as shown in Fig. 21. The driver and guide then recede to time, and theoperator manually shifts the lJltlllb' to the next position with theprojection in the next. recess of the plate in the series, and themachine may then repeat the operation for the next succeeding bristletuft.

If it should be desired to set any row of bristles inclined to thevertical, the table 24 is tilted upon the head ill by shifting the armsin the recess of the supports tlfi. in the event. of any accidental pvcrprossnre downward by any obstruction or otherwise, the spring 44 willyield, permitting the table to descend and avoid breaking the machine.At each cycle of the machine, the rock shaft 119 is oscillated and theair pump 117 provides a blast of air through the noz- ,zle 118" whichclears away any chips or other light. olmtructions that may be In liloway.

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The drilling mechanism, the staple or fastener, and the staplingmechanism specifically shown and described are not claimed in thisapplication but are reserved for separate applications as separate anddistinct inventions.

I have fully disclosed a complete and operative device embodying theinvention. Such disclosure is to be taken as illustrative anddiagrammatic of the invention, however, and in no sense as limiting toany specific construction, the invention itself covering 'allmodifications that come properly within the scope of the appendedclaims.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesis l. A brush making machine comprising a head, a bed supported by thehead, brackets on the bed embracing the head, segmental tongues andgrooves in the head and brackets the axis of which is above the bed, andadjustably connecting the same, and a clamping bolt extending throughthe brackets.

2. A brush machine comprising a bed, brackets supporting the bed andhaving segmental grooves, a head having segmental tongues in thegrooves, a binding bolt in said brackets, means for adjusting the bed atintervals, a yieldable support for the bed, a platen adjustable on thebed, and means for holding a brush blank on the platen.

3. A brush machine comprising a T-head, a spring supporting said head, arelatively vertically movable head supported by the T-head, a bedpivotally mounted on the said head, recessed segments carried by the T-head, arms on the bed having rollers engaging the recesses of thesegments, and means 03 adjnstably holding a brush blank on the 4. Abrush machine comprising a platen having a series of recesses in oneside and a side rib and end rib on the other side, a cam to force abrush blank against said ribs, a bed supporting the platen and having apin to successively engage said recesses, a vertically movable headsupporting said bed, brackets having segmental tongue and grooveconnection .with said head and adjustable thereon, a binding bolt insaid brackets, arms on said bed having rollers at their lower ends,recessed segments engaged by the rollers and supporting the bed, meansfor adjusting said segments, and a vertically yieldable support for saidbrackets.

5. A brush making machine comprising a bristle bed having longitudinalribs, parallel plates extending longitudinall of the bed and laterallyadjustable, a fee wheel opposite the end of the bed, and -means formoving the bristles toward the feed wheel.

6. A superposed and pivoted bristle beds, a feed wheel opposite the endof said beds, means ing the rack.

brush making machine comprising for shifting the beds alternatelyopposite the axis of the feed wheel, a stop near the feed wheel andopposite the end of the other bed,

a feed wheel to receive bristles from the respective beds, and means formoving bristles toward the feed wheel.

7. A'brush making machine comprising a feed wheel having a radial slot,means for oscillating said wheel, a staple guide at one side of saidwheel to receive bristles from the same, two superposed bristle beds atthe other side of said wheel, a hood above the wheel, a stop below thewheel, and means for shifting the bristle beds alternately with the openend' of one bed opposite the axis of the wheel, and with the other bedopposite the hood or stop. 4

8. A brush making machine comprising a feed wheel having a radial .slot,an adjustable stop in the slot, a staple guide at one side of the wheelto receive bristles therefrom and having an incline at the side of thewheel, a bristle bed having its open end opposite the wheel, a shaft onwhich the wheel is mounted, a pinion to rotate the shaft, a reciprocablerack engaging the pin ion, and means for periodically reciprocat- 9. Abrush machine comprising an oscillating feed wheel having a radial slot,a shaft on which the wheel is mounted, an arm fixed on the shaft, apinion loose on the shaft, two arms fixed on the pinionand oppositelyengaging the arm on the shaft, an adjusting screw in one of the arms, arack engaging the pinion, and means for reciproeating, the rack.

10. A brush making machine comprising a feed wheel having a radial slot,an adjustable stop in the slot, a staple guide at one side of the wheel,an incline on the guide to removebristles from, the slot, superposedbristle beds at the other side of the wheel, means for shifting the endsof the beds alternately opposite the wheel, a hood above the wheel, astop below the wheel, a shaft on which the wheel is mounted, a inion onthe shaft, a rack engagingl the pinion, and.

, remove bristles from the slot, a transverse opening below the incline,an upwardly extending opening to receive a fastener, a discharge openingin the lower end of the guide, and means for driving the fastener andbristles through said opening.

13. In a brush making machine the combination of superposed and movablebristle beds, a feed wheel having a radial slot to receive bristles fromthe beds, a staple guide having a lateral Opening opposite the feedwheel, an incline on the guide below the said opening and alongside ofthe wheel, means for oscillating the wheel, said guide also having adischarge opening in the end and a side opening to receive fasteners,and means for driving the fasteners and bristles through said dischargeopening.

14. A brush making machine comprising an adjustable holder for a brushblank, a drill reciprocated horizontally to and from operative positionand reciprocated vertically to bore the blank, vertically reciprocatedtuft setting mechanism adapted to set bristles in the holes bored by thedrill, means for synchronizing the drill and tuft setting mechanism tooperate alternately, and means for operating the 'drill and tuft settingmechanism.

'15; A brush making machine comprising an adjustable holder, for a brushblank, a drill movable vertically to bore the blank. and movablehorizontally out of the way of the tuft setting mechanism, verticallyreciprocable tuft setting mechanism above the drill when the latter isin operative position, a blower operated by the tuft setting mechanism,means for synchronizing the drill and tuft setting mechanism to operatealternately, and means for operating the" drill and said mechanism.

with the various positions of the respectivetufts set in the blank, adrill adapted to bore holes therein, a tuft setting mechanism adapted toset bristles therein in the same place that the drill bores the holes,means for moving the drill to operative position below the tuft settingmechanism and out of said position, means for reciprocating the tuftsetting mechanism, and means for operating the drill.

17. A brush making machine comprising a platen for holding brushblanks,-means for supporting and adjusting the platen conormable to thepositions of the respective tufts set in the blank, adrill, means forrotating the drill, means vertically to bore the blank, means for movingthe drill horizontally away from over the hole bored in the blank, avertically movable guide above the hole in the blank, means'forsupplying fasteners and bristles to said guide, means for reciprocatingthe guide, means for driving the bristles and fasteners out of the guideinto the holes bored by the drill, and means for synchronizing thevarious movements thereof, w iereby the drill and the bristle-settingmec anism operate alternately.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

ANTHONY VANDERVELD. Witnesses:

L. E. CARROLL, FRANK E. LIVERANCE, Jr.

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